And Five pictures to show you of 19 I took in Five minutes, in my garden at 8.30am this morning (5th March) so that I can link with Sandie at Ichifingers
Although it is cold, there is a real feel of spring in the air, or maybe it’s in my mind? or in my photo’s?
It’s not often that I manage to combine two memes in one post!
Zooming in and out in the garden in the morning sun.
The winter Jasmine has been in flower for months but it still makes me happy when I see a new flower.
Linking with Helena’s wonderful meme.
Thank you Helena
I set an alarm for five minutes and looked for some signs of spring.
A teeny tiny geranium flower in the hanging basket. Notice the blue sky?
Yesterday in town I saw a book in a charity shop called ‘Weather Forecasting The Country Way by Robin Page. General weather rules: If you see a patch of blue sky in the early morning (doesn’t say how early though) big enough to make a sailor a pair of trousers, the day will be fine Hmmmm… we shall see… although I am intrigued by folk lore …
It doesn’t seem five minutes since my pretty fuchsia was flowering and here it is in leaf
I can never resist a reflection
More teeny tinies
and my Ribes already has perfumed leaves if you crush them
Linking with Sandie at Itchifingers
I started this post at just after 9:00am, WordPress has been driving me nuts. It is taking far too long to load pages and pictures. But, on the up side, it is now 14:00 and the weather is still fine. Sailors trousers, indeed there was enough blue sky to stitch them.
Oh my goodness – all those flowers! How beautiful. (I just came from Marsha’s blog, with her photos of snow. Quite a contrast!) Love the reflection photo, too.
Ah, signs of spring! So welcome here. I especially love the daffodil!
beautiful signs of spring and lovely light – my Nan was a great believer in the reliability of seeing enough blue to make a sailors trousers when deciding if we would set out on a picnic
My mum always used to say that about the patch of blue sky big enough to make a pair of sailor’s trousers, in her case that meant that the clouds were going to break and the patch of blue sky would get larger, and when I was a child it always did. You are right, there is a definite feel of spring in the air, the light is clearer, this horrible winter is almost a thing of the past, at least for those of us lucky enough not to have been affected, and still being affected, by the dreadful flooding.
Joy x x
A very welcome glimpse of fresh yellow today1
Yes, definite signs of spring. Absolutely love the reflections photo.
Oh, that reflection is stunning … I am always intrigued at how far ahead your growth is compared to our latitude and altitude. Lovely collection …
What lovely photos Miriam and your post did make me laugh. I love the sailors trousers, I’m sure I hard something like that before and I am now intrigued because I think it had more meaning…. Anyway, how wonderful to see the first flushes of Spring and all that comes with it. I love reflections too!
I’ve had my own frustrations with computers this week and I’m so glad you persevered with WordPress and joined in 5in5.
Nice photos and a nice post to match. You must have a beautiful garden to find that much to photograph in just a few minutes.
Wonderful pics!
Alison xx
I always look to see how much blue there is too. Been out and looking at flowers here as well – well done for combining memes!